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Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World W...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: British Broadcasting Corporation
Other Authors: Derrick, Wayne (Director), Wood, Michael, 1948- (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2010.
Series:VAST: academic video online
Subjects:
Kibworth Beauchamp (England)
Kibworth Harcourt (England)
England > Antiquities.
Great Britain > History.
Angleterre > Antiquités.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Antiquities
England
England > Kibworth Beauchamp
England > Kibworth Harcourt
Great Britain
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World War Two. With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael uncovers the lost history of the first thousand years of the village, featuring a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and graphic evidence of life on the eve of the Norman Conquest.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 25, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (60 min.).
Playing Time:00:59:20